New role available for a Transport Night Manager, based at our clients Heston site near to Heathrow Airport.
This every expanding Freight Forwarding, Warehousing and Fulfillment business now opearte nationwide via 8 Warehouses at 7 locations, with over 1300 employees
The role itself a Night Transport Manager is a Sunday to Thursday role with working hours of 2200 hours to 0600 hours
Role Summary
The Night Transport Manager manages and coordinates the transport network through the night operation, ensuring the successful movement of UK and International product, in and around the UK to our customers, suppliers and sites. The Night Transport Manager assists in making strategic decisions that affect the overall operation, including cost and service.
Summary of the type of individual the client are looking for is :
- Persuasive, but fair when dealing directly with drivers.
- Good verbal skills
- Ability to communicate clearly on e mail as this person will be in direct contact with some of our clients biggest customers
- Ability to use and manipulate a spreadsheet would be good
- Overall good with systems on PC as they will use a Parcel Tracking and a Vehicle Tracking system.
- Knowledge of trucks and the compliance and law to keep them on the road
- CPC desirable, but would consider taking someone on, who would be prepared to sit the course and once completed would receive a salary increase
- A really flexible approach...